Dr. Sara Silvertone's participation in
The Mud Pies to Dinosaur Bones STEM conference made headlines in November when she was interviewed by the
Tompkins Weekly.
The article notes that Dr. Silverstone explained that the "educational system needs to value struggle and failure, because that is how children learn to ask questions, test hypotheses and refine their research."
Click this
LINK to read the full article by Sue Smith-Heavenrich.